| 提升 | tí shēng | to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve |   |
| 升起 | shēng qǐ | to raise / to hoist / to rise | |
| 葫芦 | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house | |
| 吊车 | diào chē | hoist / crane / elevator | |
| 吊起 | diào qǐ | to hoist | |
| 吊机 | diào jī | crane / hoist | |
| 挂起 | guà qǐ | to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation) | |
| 升旗 | shēng qí | to raise a flag / to hoist a flag | |
| 作茧自缚 | zuò jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard | |
| 手扳葫芦 | shǒu bān hú lu | lever hoist pulley | |
| 吐丝自缚 | tǔ sī zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard | |
| 造茧自缚 | zào jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard | |
| 以子之矛，攻子之盾 | yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn | lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard | |
| 昇起 | shēng qǐ | variant of 升起, to raise / to hoist / to rise | |
| 气动葫芦 | qì dòng hú lu | pneumatic hoist pulley | |
| 起重葫芦 | qǐ chóng hú lu | hoist pulley | |
| 引擎起重机 | | engine lift / engine hoist | |
